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A coat rack A free-standing hatstand and umbrella stand. A hatstand is a device used to store hats and often coats on, and umbrellas within. Usually made of wood and standing at least 5 feet (1.5 m) tall, they have a single pole making up most of the height, with a sturdy base to prevent toppling, and an array of lengthy pegs at the top for placement of hats.
Umbrella bag dispenser in front of the entrance. An umbrella bag in use. A more recent variant of the umbrella stand used in modern retailers is the umbrella bag dispenser, which allows the user to insert the umbrella into a disposable waterproof bag when entering a building, and to carry that bag with them so as not to get the floors wet.
Ernest A. Bachrach (1899 – 1973) was an American photographer. Bachrach was born in 1899 and died in 1973. [1] [2] He attended Stuyvesant High School. [3] He worked at Famous Players–Lasky "right after" World War I. [4] [3] Around 1923, he was working in Paramount Pictures's studio in Astoria, Queens, taking stills for Gloria Swanson films. [5]
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One Brigg umbrella was to achieve world fame. This was Neville Chamberlain's gentleman's black-silk umbrella with Mallaca cane handle spliced onto a Tonkin cane shaft with a gilt collar that he took with him to Munich for talks with Adolf Hitler in September 1938 and to Rome in January 1939 for his visit to Benito Mussolini. [10]
Fenton's pictures during the Crimean War were one of the first cases of war photography, with Valley of the Shadow of Death considered "the most eloquent metaphor of warfare" by The Oxford Companion to the Photograph. [13] [14] [s 3] Sergeant Dawson and his Daughter: 1855 Unknown; attributed to John Jabez Edwin Mayall [15] Unknown [e]
Wire-Photos are in wide use in Europe by 1910, and transmitted to other continents by 1922. 1907 – The Autochrome plate is introduced. It becomes the first commercially successful color photography product. 1908 – Kinemacolor, a two-color process known as the first commercial "natural color" system for movies, is introduced.
Oil-paper umbrella art in the Northern Thailand, or Chiang Mai dates back to around two hundred years. The umbrella scaffold is made from green bamboo sticks, the colors and images are abundant including pictures of scenery, animals, people and flowers. The umbrella surfaces can have a square shape in addition to the traditional circular one.